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Google Groups: From: Alex Terrell (alexterrell@yahoo.com)
Subject: Re: Water Well Drilling Accidents or near misses

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Date: 2004-07-30 02:38:26 PST
rht@allweb.com (RH tOWNSEND) wrote in message news:<683617a8.0407281949.3bfc9bb0@posting.google.com>...
> I am in litigation support. I have a project that I hope someone or
> everyone on this list might be able to help me since you have
> apparently been involved with water well drilling equipment or
> involved in the industry. I am interested in any incident at anytime
> since 1970 thru current. I am searching for those that were injured or
> almost injured because of a falling or flying object. I am seeking
> knowledge of incidents wherein injury has been suffered by anyone of a
> water drilling crew member by a falling object even through to the
> current time. I am also interested in reports of near misses as well.
> Please feel free to call me at 1.800.308.7716 ext 4010.
>
> Robert Townsend, CLI

Falling objects are not a major risk on NEO opeartions, though I
suspect that objects with large inertia will need to be handled with
care. Probabley more dangerous is dismemberment from crew straying
into particle beam from the VASIMR units. This happens specifically to
those in litigation support, but that is entirely coincidental.

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From: Rusty B (reuben_barton@yahoo.com)
Subject: Re: Water Well Drilling Accidents or near misses

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Date: 2004-07-30 13:38:08 PST
rht@allweb.com (RH tOWNSEND) wrote in message news:<683617a8.0407281949.3bfc9bb0@posting.google.com>...
> I am in litigation support. I have a project that I hope someone or
> everyone on this list might be able to help me since you have
> apparently been involved with water well drilling equipment or
> involved in the industry. I am interested in any incident at anytime
> since 1970 thru current.

Well David Scott got some really badly bruised fingernails while drilling
on the moon in 1971 during Apollo 15. But it wasn't for water.

;-)

-Rusty Barton

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